Rootsweb has the California Death Index for 1940-1997. It's always free! You can also search using soundex or metaphone. <http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi> They also have the California Birth Index for 1905-1995. Check the following site for other states too. <http://searches.rootsweb.com/> Sharon LyndaZach@aol.com wrote: > > Ancestry.com has recently posted the above index. I just checked for Holmes' > and there were 5908 hits. It's free until Nov 10th. > > Good luck. > > ==== HOLMES Mailing List ====